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单词 top out
释义

top out

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verb

(adverb) to place the highest stone on (a building) or perform a ceremony on this occasion

Words nearby top out

toponarcosis, toponym, toponymy, topos, topotype, top out, topper, toppie, topping, topping lift, topple
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with top out

top out

1

Complete the top portion of a building, as in They were scheduled to top out the dome next week. This idiom was first recorded in 1834.

2

Fill up a ship or complete its cargo, as in The ship was topped out with scrap iron. This idiom was first recorded in 1940.

3

Cease rising, as in Interest rates topped out at 10 percent. [Second half of 1900s]

4

Retire just as one becomes very successful, as in He decided that at sixty it was time to top out. [Colloquial; second half of 1900s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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